Monthly Archives: December 2016

Celecoxib and Cardiovascular Disease

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 31st December 2016

Tweet The New England Journal of Medicine has a paper in its current issue (Cardiovascular Safety of Celecoxib, Naproxen, or Ibuprofen for Arthritis) that examines the safety of the COX-2 inhibitor celecoxib, best known under its brand name Celebrex, though now available in a generic formulation. This drug is the only COX-2 inhibitor available in…

Word Salad

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 29th December 2016

Tweet Another damned thick book! Always scribble, scribble, scribble! Eh, Mr. Gibbon? Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh I got a package from Amazon that was gift wrapped and had a note attached to it. The note read: “I can tell from reading your work that you are running out of words. So give…

Riccardo Stracciari

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 22nd December 2016

Tweet Recently, I posted an article about my choices for the 10 best baritones of the 20th century. Absent from this list was Ricardo Stracciari (1875-1955). Stracciari was such a great singer that I am uncertain why I omitted him. He was born in Casalecchio di Reno and died in Rome. In between he sang…

The Vulture Has Landed

Written by Neil Kurtzman | 19th December 2016

Tweet I’ve been out of the country for a few weeks, but am now back (see below for the gruesome details). Thus regular posting will resume. First the important stuff. If you take a cruise bring your own salt and a shaker. No cruise line I know of has decent salt shakers. They tend to…

About Neil Kurtzman

Neil A Kurtzman MD is the Grover E Murray Professor Emeritus and University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Internal Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock. He has combined careers in clinical medicine, education, basic research, and administration for more than 30 years.